Mortal neutropenic enterocolitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia - Open Journal of Internal Medicine

OJIM > Vol.3 No.2, June 2013

Mortal neutropenic enterocolitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia ()

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DOI: 10.4236/ojim.2013.32012 3,709 Downloads 5,763 Views

Author(s)

Omer Elcioglu, Abdullah Ozkok, Timur Akpinar, Reyhan Kucukkaya

Affiliation(s)

Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey.

ABSTRACT

Neutropenic enterocolitis (NE) or typhlitis is a serious complication of anticancer therapy, especially in he- matological malignancies. We describe a case of acute lymphoid leukemia presenting the early onset of a syndrome with the clinical features and specific radiological findings of NE during the neutropenic phase.

KEYWORDS

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia; Chemotherapy; Neutropenic Enterocolitis

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Elcioglu, O. , Ozkok, A. , Akpinar, T. and Kucukkaya, R. (2013) Mortal neutropenic enterocolitis in acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Open Journal of Internal Medicine, 3, 53-54. doi: 10.4236/ojim.2013.32012.

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